The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has received a $1 million gift from Mrs. Billie Kubly to establish the Dr. Michael C. Kubly Military & Veterans Mental Health Endowment. The endowment was named in honor of Mrs. Kubly’s late husband, a veteran and renowned orthopedic surgeon in Milwaukee who died in January. Mrs. Kubly has a high […]
The Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute will advance data science and technology learning to strengthen future talent in Milwaukee MILWAUKEE _ Northwestern Mutual is forming a new partnership with Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to create the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute. The partnership is the latest step by the financial security company […]
A collaboration of Milwaukee nonprofits and advocacy groups will co-host the fifth annual Urban Autism Summit on Saturday, June 23, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Penfield Montessori Academy, 1441 N. 24th St. in Milwaukee. The 2018 summit, “Leadership Throughout the Lifespan,” brings together people with autism, their family members, medical professionals and other service providers whose […]
MILWAUKEE _ Wisconsin’s only accredited, dedicated public health school, the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health at UW-Milwaukee, will offer its first undergraduate degree in public health beginning in Spring 2019. The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved the university’s proposal for a bachelor’s program in public health on Friday, June 8, […]
The sixth annual VA Mental Health Summit, set for Saturday, June 23, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will focus on African-American veterans. “Part of our mandate is to make sure that all of the veterans in our community know all of the services that are available and what the VA has to offer,” said William […]
MILWAUKEE _ Audiences will come face-to-face with poverty, mass incarceration and racism, and learn what they can do to help, during the Helen Bader Institute’s Summer Film Series at UW-Milwaukee. The Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management debuts its summer film series on June 4. Showing one film per month through August, the series examines […]
More than 3,300 UWM students began their adventures in the great big world after graduating Sunday, May 20, at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Every one of them has a story of hard work and perseverance, setbacks and success. Here are six.
MILWAUKEE _ The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will award more than 3,300 degrees at its 118th commencement on Sunday, May 20, at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, 400 W. Kilbourn Ave. Degrees will be awarded at two ceremonies, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Peter Feigin, president of the Milwaukee Bucks, will be the […]
“Saturday Night Live” star Leslie Jones will be this year’s headliner for this year’s Comedy Bash on April 26, sponsored by UWM’s Campus Activities Board.